Everything is Created Twice

The idea that “everything is created twice” comes from the notion that everything is created first in the mind (or consciousness) and then manifests in the physical world.

First, there is mental creation: Before anything can exist in the material world, it first exists as an idea, intention, or vision in our thoughts. We visualize, plan, or imagine it in our minds. American author known for his book Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, observed, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Second, there is Physical Creation: After the mental blueprint is formed, action is taken to bring that idea into reality, turning the thought into a tangible experience or object. The key word here is action. We can conceive and believe in something, but there is always action to be taken to bring our mental creations into form. It’s up to us to pay attention to our inner guidance, heeding the call of Spirit forever nudging us forward.

In a spiritual context, this principle emphasizes the power of thought and belief in shaping our experiences, highlighting that the mind plays a crucial role in creating our reality.

A Japanese proverb states: Vision without action is a daydream. American New Thought writer Mary Morrissey observed that inspiration without action is entertainment. Our sparkly inspiration, bright ideas, and creative sparks are of the Divine. It’s up to us to choose which of them is most electric for us to move forward with and then take action rather than merely being entertained by them!

What keeps us from taking action? We don’t take action for many reasons, and the main one is fear. Maybe we don’t think we can do what needs to be done, or perhaps we believe it when others say, “It can’t be done.” We are inspired; we plant the seed of the idea in our mind, but then we pull it up before it has any time to take root in our lives. We believe more in our limitations than we do in our inspirations. The truth is that we all experience fear. No one has ever succeeded at something new without experiencing fear. The key is to overcome that fear and turn it into a steppingstone. To deal with fear, keep moving toward your goal one step at a time, turning your fear into faith.

A young Native American man, preparing for his vision quest, confesses to his chief that he’s afraid. He describes feeling like two dogs are fighting inside him—one telling him he can succeed and the other saying he can’t. He wants to do the vision quest, but he is frightened and confused and asks the chief what he should do. The chief gently replies, “The one who says you can succeed will win, because that’s the one you will feed. The other will starve.”

Feed your faith and starve your fear by directing your attention toward what you want to feed. That attention will magnify and strengthen it.

You can do it! You got this!

And so it is.